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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: CRIME AND SECURITY
2008 Crime, community and the governance of violence in post-apartheid South Africa
The South African government has embarked on a programme of encouraging social cohesion in South Africa first to address concerns stemming f...
2008 Measuring variations in fear, crime and violence: the role of household and sector specific surveys
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2008 Case studies of perpetrators of violent crime
The promise offered by South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994 was that, with the end of apartheid, levels of violence in South Af...
Download this report2007 Cannabis use trends in South Africa
The purpose of this review is to synthesise cannabis use data from surveys, specialised alcohol and drug treatment centres, cannabis-related...